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Association With Digital Clubbing

Paul Kuritzky, MD; David R. Conti, MD; John W. Vance, MD

JAMA. 1975;234(11):1166-1167.

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HODGKIN disease with parenchymal pulmonary involvement as the primary manifestation is uncommon despite the 14% to 40% frequency of pulmonary involvement noted in several autopsy series.¹ Also unusual is the association of digital clubbing with Hodgkin disease. We could find only ten cases reported in the literature.^2-3 We report a case of Hodgkin disease in which both pulmonary cavitation and digital clubbing were the initial findings. To our knowledge, this occurrence has not been described previously.

Report of a Case

In April 1974, a 21-year-old woman was admitted to Millard Fillmore Hospital for treatment of a cavitary process in the right lung.

Eight months before admission, she had noted generalized pruritus and amenorrhea. Three months later, a persistent cough developed, and she was treated with tetracycline. Hemoptysis occurred, and the patient's weight fell from 47.7 to 40.9 kg (105 to 90 lb). Two months before admission she entered . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
From the Department of Medicine, Millard Fillmore Hospital, Buffalo.

Footnotes
Reprint requests to Millard Fillmore Hospital, 3 Gates Circle, Buffalo, NY 14209 (Dr. Kuritzky).

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